By Grace R. Bithell My Introduction to Microcredit When I was 12, my mother read me an article from a magazine about a poor woman in South America who was given a loan of less than $100 to start a business. The woman found a way to take grocery bags picked from the trash and weave them into purses to sell to tourists. In doing so, … Continue reading Plastic Bags and Bamboo Stools
By Parker Gardner DOES FRONT-LOADING TAXATION INCREASE SAVINGS? Article Review by Parker Gardner* Retirement is an important phase in life. We spend most of our adult lives working and saving money so we can maintain a comfortable standard of living throughout our golden years. However, the problem many Americans face is that they are incredibly behind in their savings for retirement. The Center for Retirement … Continue reading Research Summary: Does front-loading taxation increase savings? Evidence from Roth 401(k) introductions
By Hunter Vance PROFESSIONAL AND COLLEGE ATHLETICS HAVE A LOT IN COMMON, BUT THEY HAVE ONE BIG DIFFERENCE — ATHLETE PAY. With all the college athlete craze generated from March Madness and the upcoming college football season, the debate of student athlete compensation has only intensified. With college football season returning for its annual debut, student athletes return to the field. Millions of eyes across … Continue reading Student Athletes: A Scholarship Is Not Enough
By Katherine M. Lowe Most businesses, of any type, can attest to the difficulty of acquiring money; however, when a business also has the title of “charity organization,” the difficulty “to get that little,” is exacerbated. In today’s world, technological advances in online fundraising both allow for new fundraising streams and create new fundraising challenges. This article explores a few of the challenges new charity … Continue reading Crowdfunding Challenges for New Charity Organizations
By Jennifer Stenquist Just four years ago, the IOC made an unprecedented decision to award Beijing with the 2022 Winter Olympic Games bid, making China the first Asian country ever to host both the Summer and Winter Games. What’s more, prior to this second visit to China, the Olympics will have been held in Pyeongchang (2018) and Tokyo (2020). At the same time that this … Continue reading Back to Bejing
By Daniel Witt Many artists and workers in the music industry find fault with Spotify. Spotify compensates artists less than iTunes or traditional record companies. In an age where music has become almost completely digital, music streaming has been a controversial topic among those in the music industry. Spotify, the world’s second largest music- streaming platform with 47.7 million monthly users,1 has taken much criticism for what … Continue reading Does Spotify Really Hurt Artists?
By Amelia Charles Background On June 23, 2016, the citizens of the United Kingdom voted on a referendum that would determine whether they stayed or left the European Union. In an extremely close vote, the choice to leave won by 51.9% to 48.1%. Since then, a chain of events left the UK in a delicate position moving forward. On March 29, 2017, a little under a … Continue reading Brexit: UK’s Savior or Downfall?
By Ben Randle Halvorson successfully synthesizes different behavioral research studies to offer tips on exactly what her title describes: things successful people do differently. If you’re an avid business reader looking for new, groundbreaking research or life tips, look elsewhere. Nine Things iterates and reiterates the fact that achievers are made-not born-and offers evidence-backed suggestions on how the average person can set and reach their goals in … Continue reading Book Review: “Nine Things Successful People do Differently” by Heidi Grant Halvorson
By Ryan E. Brown The Epidemic In 2011, a landmark study was published by the Metlife Mature Market Institute claiming that nearly $3 billion disappears from the wallets and bank accounts of senior citizens annually.[1] More surprising is that a similar study reported that figure could be as high as $36 billion.[2] Because so many seniors let incidents of fraud or financial deceit go unreported, there is … Continue reading Boomers and Fraudsters: A Closer Look at the Financial Elder Abuse Cycle in America
By: Mark Larsen “Those who know don’t tell and those who tell don’t know.” “Your… book destroyed my career, and it made yours.” John Gutfreund, former Chairman and CEO of Saloman Brothers would later go on to tell author Michael Lewis. Liar’s Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street, now in its 30th year, launched Michael Lewis’ best-selling writing career and is one … Continue reading Book Review: Liar’s Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street by Michael Lewis
By: Jacob Hola Redwood trees are wonders known for their impressive height and stability. The strength of the trees is a result of their wide-spread root system that grows together with other trees. In Becoming, Michelle Obama gives readers a glimpse into the vast amount of experiences that rooted her and allowed her to become the impressive leader we see now. The book isn’t written … Continue reading Book Review: Becoming by Michelle Obama
By: Ryan Stenquist, Jennifer Stenquist, and Marianna Richardson ABSTRACT To promote experiential learning in business communication, the Marriott School of Business started a peer-reviewed journal run by business students for young professionals entitled Marriott Student Review (MSR), as well as a business podcast entitled Measuring Success Right (MSR). Students’ reflective comments were reviewed using Morris’ (2019) five characteristics of concrete learning experiences. As the journal … Continue reading Inspiring Learning through Marriott Student Review
By Nathan Lake I have been a Marriot School student for 2 years now. School is… difficult for me. Throughout my time in the business school, I have constantly suffered from the existential worry of not knowing why I am here. I have switched majors 3 times during my college career, and I would probably switch again if not for the fact that I’m close … Continue reading Measuring Success Right and What that Means
By: Marianna Richardson In Michelle Obama’s book, Becoming, she describes her plan for life as evolving and moving forward without a specific aim or achievement in mind. Life’s quest is a passage to a better self through a never-ending journey of discovery. Thus, life becomes unscripted with an uncertain, but hopeful future. In contrast, Michael Larsen’s book, Liar’s Poker, describes his work on Wall Street … Continue reading Editor’s Letter
By Danica Nusink and Alyssa Clark Abstract: This article talks about the Ballard Center. The Ballard Center is cross-disciplinary center housed in the Marriot School of Business that focuses on social impact. Because of the Ballard Center, BYU is recognized as a Changemaker Campus by Ashoka U. The Ballard Center is the largest university social impact program in the world. The center is named after … Continue reading The Ballard Center: Doing Good. Better.
By Alyssa Clark Much more is being expected of the places we, as employees and consumers, spend our time and our money. People see careers and conscientious consumption as ways to express their personal values and to build a better society. Historically, we trusted nonprofits, governments, churches, and families to care for society’s problems. While trust in those institutions has decreased, the expectation for business … Continue reading Creating the Virtuous Organization
By: Andrew Duncan Who really enjoys doing their taxes? According to Pew Research, “34% like or even love doing their taxes” while 56% said they dislike doing their taxes due to the complicated process and the amount of time it takes to file their taxes.[i] For this reason, tax professionals have always been necessary, but the trend is slowly shifting. Modern technological advances have created … Continue reading The Future of Taxes Is Now
By Porter Bagley In an article published by Harvard Business Review in 2012, “data scientist” was named the “Sexiest Job of the 21st Century” (Davenport and Patil 2012). Seven years later, the field of data science is still as hot as ever. Data science is an extremely versatile set of tools and methods that allow us to draw powerful insights from massive amounts of data. … Continue reading The Landscape of the Data Industry
By Denise Han With companies like HireVue, SkillSurvey, and Fama boasting great success in improving the recruitment process through artificial intelligence, you might be wondering how to capitalize on these innovative HR trends. After all, your industry peers are finding that implementing this software enables highly efficient processing, the capturing of more intangible human qualities, and more successful job matching. However, here is a word … Continue reading The Rose: Artificial Intelligence in the Current Hiring Process
By Philip Morgan Note from the editor: The following article was adapted from an honors thesis of the same name written by the author. The full text is available on the Marriott Student Review ScholarsArchive website. According to data from Thomson Reuters, mergers & acquisitions (M&A) represent a vital mechanism for consolidation and restructuring within industries and carry significant influence over rapid changes in … Continue reading Synopsis: Predictive Power? Textual Analysis in Mergers and Acquisitions
